Tropescilloscope: Mundane Made Awesome
Ordinary, mediocre and everyday tasks made EPIC. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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Love Triangle
Reality Has No Subtitles
Disappeared Dad
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
Captain Obvious
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Final Girl
Real Life
Flipping the Bird
Stealth Hi/Bye
Adapted Out
Bad Boss
Bi the Way
Gold Digger
Mama Bear
The Alleged Car
Honor Before Reason
Bond One-Liner
Bare Your Midriff
Offscreen Teleportation
Shell-Shocked Veteran
An Axe to Grind
The Faceless
Rule of Cool
Romantic False Lead
Anguished Declaration of Love
Disney Villain Death
Kids Are Cruel
Back from the Dead
Batman Gambit
Dissonant Serenity
Title Drop
Truth in Television
MacGuffin
Ass Shove
Killed Mid-Sentence
Running Gag
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Sexy Discretion Shot
Disproportionate Retribution
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Berserk Button
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Military and Warfare Films
Greater-Scope Villain
The Lost Lenore
Refuge in Audacity
Better to Die than Be Killed
Film Noir
Chase Scene
Decoy Protagonist
Major Injury Underreaction
Evil Counterpart
Historical-Domain Character
Dramatic Irony
Big "NO!"
Gilligan Cut
The Great Depression
Mr. Fanservice
Affectionate Parody
Irony
Fire-Forged Friends
Tranquil Fury
timeperiod
Parental Substitute
Spared by the Adaptation
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
True Companions
Ghost Fiction
Parental Incest
Large Ham
Agony of the Feet
The Musical
Zombie Stories
Dual Wielding
Tempting Fate
Put on a Bus
Cool Car
The Atoner
Pimped-Out Dress
Missing Mom
Adult Fear
Camera Abuse
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Pyrrhic Victory
Parental Neglect
All There in the Script
Only a Flesh Wound
Big Eater
Adorkable
Properly Paranoid
Character Development
The Chick
Cat Scare
Redshirt Army
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Tap on the Head
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Bavarian Fire Drill
Music Stories
Jerkass
Anyone Can Die
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
The Remake
Badass Boast
Obviously Evil
German Films
The Starscream
Stylistic Suck
Cruel and Unusual Death
Butt-Monkey
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Get Out!
Mood Whiplash
Driven to Suicide
War Is Hell
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Smoking Is Cool
Villain Song
Crapsack World
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Developing Doomed Characters
Race Lift
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Deliberately Monochrome
Fingore
Death by Sex
Gone Horribly Right
Early-Bird Cameo
This Is Gonna Suck
As the Good Book Says...
Rich Bitch
Male Frontal Nudity
Important Haircut
Anti-Villain
B-Movie
How We Got Here
Badass Bookworm
Sole Survivor
Bait-and-Switch
Abusive Parents
Dull Surprise
Stepford Smiler
Henpecked Husband
Grey and Gray Morality
Almost Kiss
Easily Forgiven
Up to Eleven
Didn't Think This Through
Dramedy
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Guns Akimbo
Riddle for the Ages
Arch-Enemy
Costume Porn
The Hero Dies
FaceHeel Turn
All Just a Dream
The Sociopath
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Action Prologue
Visual Pun
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
The Ditz
Black Comedy
Kill 'em All
Too Dumb to Live
Have a Gay Old Time
Crazy-Prepared
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Dirty Old Man
Villain Ball
BrotherSister Incest
Rape as Drama
Loads and Loads of Characters
Fatal Flaw
Scary Black Man
Meaningful Echo
Bullying a Dragon
Alas, Poor Villain
Kick the Dog
Insult Backfire
Corpsing
La Résistance
Mighty Whitey
Epic Movie
Big Bad
Actor Allusion
Camp Gay
Moment Killer
Hong Kong Films
Adaptational Attractiveness
And I Must Scream
Sequel Hook
Foreshadowing
Fun with Acronyms
Italian Films
Silence Is Golden
Creative Closing Credits
Soft Glass
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Malevolent Masked Men
Daylight Horror
Disney Death
Never Found the Body
Index of Film Westerns
The Ghost
Bowdlerise
Blatant Lies
Papa Wolf
No Antagonist
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Dark Reprise
Homage
Despair Event Horizon
You Have Failed Me
Evil Is Petty
Police are Useless
Bad "Bad Acting"
Big Damn Heroes
Artistic License Physics
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Australian Movies
Rousing Speech
Novelization
Television Movie Index
Drives Like Crazy
Exact Words
Film Noir Index
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Taking You with Me
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Gory Discretion Shot
Non-Indicative Name
Abhorrent Admirer
Married to the Job
Dark Is Not Evil
Adaptational Heroism
Worthy Opponent
In Medias Res
Straight Gay
Hero Antagonist
Dark Action Girl
Authority Equals Asskicking
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Manipulative Bastard
Ungrateful Bastard
From Bad to Worse
Bring My Brown Pants
BFG
Crucified Hero Shot
Humiliation Conga
Epic Fail
Artistic License Gun Safety
Captain Ersatz
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Neck Snap
Accidental Murder
I Have Your Wife
Room Full of Crazy
Monumental Damage
Black Best Friend
Our Vampires Are Different
And the Adventure Continues
Death Seeker
Together in Death
Superhero
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Never Trust a Trailer
Paper-Thin Disguise
Not What It Looks Like
An Aesop
Imagine Spot
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Hair-Trigger Temper
Evil Is Hammy
Mistaken for Gay
Red Herring
Not So Stoic
Age Lift
Setting Update
Stalker with a Crush
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Freudian Excuse
Older Than They Look
Historical Hero Upgrade
Adaptational Villainy
Artistic License Military
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
More Dakka
Everyone Has Standards
Credits Gag
Film Series
Body Horror
The '80s
Evil vs. Evil
Leave the Camera Running
World of Ham
Gorn
Chekhov's Gunman
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Bottomless Magazines
Canon Foreigner
Demonic Possession
Psycho for Hire
Enemy Mine
The Big Guy
Science Fiction Films
Interrupted Suicide
Wham Line
Totally Radical
Adaptation Expansion
Even Evil Has Standards
Covers Always Lie
All Men Are Perverts
My Beloved Smother
Spiteful Spit
Amusing Injuries
Reasonable Authority Figure
Mundane Made Awesome
A Father to His Men
Pragmatic Villainy
Cluster F-Bomb
Cassandra Truth
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
The Stinger
Villain with Good Publicity
Mythology Gag
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Dramatic Gun Cock
Karmic Death
Those Wacky Nazis
Genre Savvy
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Take a Third Option
Distracted by the Sexy
Bond Villain Stupidity
Deadpan Snarker
Historical In-Joke
Dwindling Party
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Earn Your Happy Ending
Trailers Always Spoil
In Name Only
Madness Mantra
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Silent Movie
Failed a Spot Check
Took a Level in Jerkass
Comically Missing the Point
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
French Films
Asshole Victim
Arc Words
Plot Hole
Black and Gray Morality
Undying Loyalty
Lampshade Hanging
Eyepatch of Power
The Load
Meet Cute
Chekhov's Skill
Ambiguous Ending
For Want of a Nail
Big Bad Duumvirate
Dying Moment of Awesome
Canadian Movies
Made of Explodium
Betty and Veronica
Disguised in Drag
Curse Cut Short
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Genre Throwback
Hypocritical Humor
Vacation Films
Bloodless Carnage
Biopic
Fake Shemp
I Did What I Had to Do
Black Dude Dies First
Dumb Blonde
Revenge
Twist Ending
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Rule of Three
Evil Laugh
Fainting
Unusual Euphemism
Stealth Pun
Darkest Hour
Big Fancy House
Tagline
Continuity Nod
Ripped from the Headlines
Be Careful What You Wish For
The Alcoholic
Vitriolic Best Buds
Country Matters
The Bully
The Film of the Book
Sinister Minister
Black Comedy Rape
The '60s
Heroic Sacrifice
The Stoner
Anachronic Order
Psychopathic Manchild
Big-Bad Ensemble
Line-of-Sight Name
Cat Fight
Serious Business
Meaningful Background Event
Double Entendre
Implacable Man
Ambiguously Gay
Manly Tears
Eye Scream
My God, What Have I Done?
Sports Stories
Calling the Old Man Out
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
It's Personal
Frame-Up
Martial Arts Movie
Video Credits
Rule of Funny
Time Skip
I'm a Humanitarian
Made of Iron
Wham Shot
Whole Plot Reference
As Himself
Diabolus ex Machina
Based on a True Story
Lighter and Softer
Central Theme
Say My Name
Jerk Jock
What the Hell, Hero?
Fanservice Extra
Smug Snake
Broken Aesop
Adaptational Badass
Nice Guy
Star-Crossed Lovers
Combat Pragmatist
Broken Pedestal
The Casanova
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
An Arm and a Leg
Bald of Evil
Rule of Symbolism
He Knows Too Much
Ominous Latin Chanting
Brainless Beauty
Aside Glance
Wrong Genre Savvy
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Fat Bastard
I Need a Freaking Drink
The '90s
Defiant to the End
Stock Footage
Children Are Innocent
Ax-Crazy
Pretty in Mink
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Blood Knight
The Lancer
Nice Hat
Famous Last Words
Karma Houdini
The '50s
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Foil
Mystery and Detective Films
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Jitter Cam
Knight Templar
Deus ex Machina
Ms. Fanservice
What Happened to the Mouse?
Darker and Edgier
Celebrity Paradox
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Nothing Is Scarier
Christmas Movies Index
Not So Above It All
Real Life Writes the Plot
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
No Name Given
Our Zombies Are Different
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Advertised Extra
Fish out of Water
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Documentary
Sadistic Choice
Posthumous Character
Gender Flip
Friend to All Children
Downer Ending
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
The Vamp
Mad Scientist
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Love at First Sight
Shower Scene
Stuff Blowing Up
Improbable Aiming Skills
Same Language Dub
Meaningful Name
Light Is Not Good
Scenery Gorn
Cain and Abel
Yandere
Unreliable Narrator
Villain Opening Scene
Defrosting Ice Queen
Red Right Hand
After the End
Demoted to Extra
Due to the Dead
'80s Hair
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Big Brother Instinct
Bloody Hilarious
Never My Fault
Alliterative Name
Action Genre
Logo Joke
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Casting Gag
Every Car Is a Pinto
Only Sane Man
Poor Communication Kills
Ascended Extra
Kubrick Stare
From Nobody to Nightmare
Fiery Redhead
What You Are in the Dark
Thriller
Sassy Black Woman
Historical Villain Upgrade
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
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Badass Longcoat
Destination Defenestration
No Ending
Shirtless Scene
Improvised Weapon
Rasputinian Death
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Boom, Headshot!
Neck Lift
Coming-of-Age Story
Here We Go Again!
Sequel Escalation
Anti-Hero
Retcon
Knife Nut
Pretty Little Headshots
Expy
It Can Think
Naked People Are Funny
Evil Sounds Deep
Dirty Cop
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Woman Scorned
Attempted Rape
Product Placement
Flashback
Let's Get Dangerous!
The Smart Guy
One-Man Army
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Artistic License Law
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
My Greatest Failure
20 Minutes into the Future
Dirty Coward
Rated M for Manly
Call-Forward
Car Fu
Dark and Troubled Past
Really Gets Around
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Mercy Kill
Off with His Head!
Intergenerational Friendship
Chekhov's Gun
Works Set in World War II
Empathic Environment
Politically Incorrect Villain
Cool Old Lady
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Hypocrite
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Cloudcuckoolander
Take That!
Eldritch Abomination
Deconstruction
Villainous Breakdown
Your Cheating Heart
The Voiceless
Cool Old Guy
Green-Eyed Monster
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Blood from the Mouth
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Overly Long Gag
Crazy Jealous Guy
Beard of Evil
Awesome, but Impractical
Femme Fatale
Groin Attack
Affably Evil
Man on Fire
Hate Sink
Cowboy Cop
Evil Plan
Action Girl
Action Survivor
Establishing Character Moment
Brutal Honesty
Adaptation Distillation
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Damsel in Distress
She Cleans Up Nicely
Death of a Child
Wicked Cultured
She's Got Legs
Does Not Like Shoes
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Death Glare
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Book-Ends
Dutch Angle
Market-Based Title
Hollywood Law
Composite Character
Badass Grandpa
The Mafia
Retired Badass
Kill It with Fire
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
A Date with Rosie Palms
Creator Cameo
Spanner in the Works
Would Hurt a Child
Naïve Newcomer
Mugging the Monster
Punch-Clock Villain
Only One Name
The Stoic
Hollywood Darkness
Shout-Out
No Celebrities Were Harmed
N-Word Privileges
Informed Ability
Parental Abandonment
Babies Ever After
Artistic License History
Bar Brawl
In the Back
Facial Horror
Becoming the Mask
Animal Motifs
One-Word Title
Call-Back
Badass Normal
Break the Haughty
Five-Man Band
Scare Chord
Break the Cutie
The X of Y
Vomit Discretion Shot
Took a Level in Badass
Badass in a Nice Suit
The Hero
Reality Ensues
A Minor Kidroduction
Jump Scare
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Fate Worse than Death
He Who Fights Monsters
Dressing as the Enemy
Only in It for the Money
The Reveal
Sealed Evil in a Can
Genre Shift
Happily Married
As You Know
Armor-Piercing Question
Soundtrack Dissonance
Catapult Nightmare
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Random Events Plot
Spiritual Successor
Russian Films
Show Within a Show
All There in the Manual
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Artistic License Biology
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Adaptation Name Change
Shipper on Deck
Pay Evil unto Evil
Precision F-Strike
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Not So Different
Evil-Detecting Dog
The Dog Bites Back
Eureka Moment
All for Nothing
Mind Screw
Hero of Another Story
Horror Films
Apocalypse How
The Dragon
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
The Power of Love
Fourth Date Marriage
Rewatch Bonus
Department of Redundancy Department
NO INDOOR VOICE
The Bad Guy Wins
Heroic BSoD
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Spell My Name with an "S"
Face Death with Dignity
Sci-Fi Horror
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Adults Are Useless
Pet the Dog
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Bloodier and Gorier
Drugs Are Bad
Match Cut
Early Installment Weirdness
The Brute
Oh, Crap!
Insane Troll Logic
Playing Gertrude
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Motor Mouth
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Word of God
Narrator
Skewed Priorities
MayDecember Romance
Jerkass Has a Point
Eagleland
The Place
Your Head A-Splode
Once More, with Clarity!
Red Shirt
Blackmail
Insistent Terminology
Instant Death Bullet
Hope Spot
Handicapped Badass
Hidden Depths
Determinator
HeelFace Turn
Self-Deprecation
Vampire Fiction
Noodle Incident
The Chessmaster
Double-Meaning Title
Dogged Nice Guy
Make It Look Like an Accident
The End... Or Is It?
The Quiet One
British Films
Wretched Hive
Creepy Child
Manchild
Mexican Standoff
Brick Joke
Not Quite Dead
Morality Pet
Foregone Conclusion
Fantastic Racism
Bolivian Army Ending
Funny Background Event
A God Am I
Maybe Ever After
Intrepid Reporter
It Will Never Catch On
Domestic Abuse
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Japanese Films
Mr. Exposition
Catch-Phrase
Mooks
Toplessness from the Back
Faux Affably Evil
Small Name, Big Ego
Taking the Bullet
Overprotective Dad
Death by Irony
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Lock and Load Montage
"Awesome McCool" Name
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Framing Device
Male Gaze
Drowning My Sorrows
Bilingual Bonus
Faking the Dead
Chiaroscuro
Public Domain Feature Films
Those Two Guys
And Starring
The Oner
Romantic Comedy
Sacrificial Lion
Beta Couple
Police Brutality
Beware the Nice Ones
Ship Tease
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Token Minority
Gainax Ending
The Cavalry
Card-Carrying Villain
Slasher Smile
Heroes Want Redheads
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Slashed Throat
Bland-Name Product
Depraved Bisexual
The '70s
Deal with the Devil
Author Avatar
Animated Credits Opening
Hell Is That Noise
Animal Title Index
Reality Is Unrealistic
Immune to Bullets
Alpha Bitch
Obfuscating Stupidity
Expository Hairstyle Change
Villain Protagonist
Gratuitous English
Improbable Weapon User
Punny Name
Only Known by Their Nickname
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Training Montage
Death by Adaptation
Plucky Comic Relief
Not Using the "Z" Word
Auto Erotica
Re-Cut
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
The Smurfette Principle
Super Strength
The Cameo
Dies Wide Open
Fanservice
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Cool Shades
It's All About Me
Left the Background Music On
Recycled IN SPACE!
Scenery Porn
Humans Are Bastards
Reckless Gun Usage
Translation Convention
Heel Realization
No OSHA Compliance
Redemption Equals Death
Amoral Attorney
The Dreaded
Fantasy Films
Daddy's Girl
Award-Bait Song
Bound and Gagged
"Shaggy Dog" Story
You Killed My Father
Big Applesauce
No-Sell
Bury Your Gays
Extremely Short Timespan
Sanity Slippage
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Good Is Not Nice
Last-Name Basis
Ironic Echo
Hoist by His Own Petard
Horror Comedy
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Cool Guns
Slasher Movie
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Psychological Thriller
Author Appeal
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Extreme Doormat
Grievous Bottley Harm
Arranged Marriage
Cold-Blooded Torture
Closed Circle
Guile Hero
Evil Brit
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Laughing Mad
Laser-Guided Karma
Leitmotif
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
The Mole
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Eiffel Tower Effect
Fatal Family Photo
Woman in White
Antagonist Title
Conspicuous CG
Fan Disservice
Protagonist Title
Idiot Ball
Loophole Abuse
One Steve Limit
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Chewing the Scenery
Would Hit a Girl
Ambiguous Disorder
Retirony
Outrun the Fireball
Did Not Get the Girl
Race Against the Clock
The Ace
Bittersweet Ending
Air-Vent Passageway
The Un-Reveal
Those Two Bad Guys
Half the Man He Used to Be
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Shown Their Work
Adaptation Dye-Job
Anachronism Stew
Artistic License Geography
Contrived Coincidence
Serial Killer
Curb-Stomp Battle
Accidental Misnaming
Annoying Younger Sibling
Actually Pretty Funny
Funny Foreigner
For the Evulz
Pragmatic Adaptation
Broken Bird
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Storming the Castle
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!